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ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2015
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES |
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES | 19. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES Accounts payable and accrued expenses at October 31 consisted of the following in millions of dollars:
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
Equipment Operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts payable: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade payables |  | $ | 1,435 |  | $ | 1,661 |
Dividends payable |  |  | 193 |  |  | 210 |
Other |  |  | 186 |  |  | 208 |
Accrued expenses: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dealer sales discounts |  |  | 1,423 |  |  | 1,551 |
Employee benefits |  |  | 1,122 |  |  | 1,350 |
Product warranties |  |  | 807 |  |  | 809 |
Unearned revenue |  |  | 379 |  |  | 355 |
Other |  |  | 1,256 |  |  | 1,374 |
Total |  |  | 6,801 |  |  | 7,518 |
Financial Services |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts payable: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deposits withheld from dealers and merchants |  |  | 179 |  |  | 196 |
Other |  |  | 258 |  |  | 468 |
Accrued expenses: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unearned revenue |  |  | 671 |  |  | 647 |
Accrued interest |  |  | 111 |  |  | 103 |
Employee benefits |  |  | 71 |  |  | 87 |
Insurance claims reserve* |  |  | 29 |  |  | 247 |
Other |  |  | 192 |  |  | 279 |
Total |  |  | 1,511 |  |  | 2,027 |
Eliminations** |  |  | 1,001 |  |  | 991 |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |  | $ | 7,311 |  | $ | 8,554 |
*See Note 9 **Pri marily trade receivable valuation accounts which are reclassified as accrued expenses by the equipment operations as a result of their trade receivables being sold to financial services.

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